Shelter, also known as Alan Briand, is an active artist who expresses himself both sonically and visually. He is a record seller, graphic designer, and illustrator for Séance Centre, and has released his own music on Growing Bin Records, Les Edits Du Golem and Séance Centre. Recently, he established his own label, Protopost, through which he continues to share his unique and improvisational soundscapes with the world.
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Where are you from ?
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I was born and raised in Brittany, I moved in Paris ten years ago to study graphic design.
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Earliest musical memory?
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Like most child, I think my first significant encounter with a piece of music was in the backseat of my parents car. My Dad’s favorite was Daft Punk Homework, I was 4 years old when it came out, I still remember every second of that album.
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Why and when did you start making music?
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I’ve started in high school, fooling around in Audacity then Ableton, never stopped ever since. I’ve been in music class after school for some times, not enough tho.
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How did you connect with Seance Centre ?
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I saw a post about a graphic designer job on the Invisible City facebook group, I decided to send an application. Months later, brandon asked me if i wanted to join him on the Séance Centre adventure as a graphic designer. I then proceed to shell him with wetransfers of my own music until he released Le Sommeil Vertical.
Oddity Influence Mix
Shelter
John Cale & Terry Riley
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The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace at Versailles
Ravi Shankar & Alla Rakha
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Raga Jogeshwari
Jon Hassell
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Solaire
Faust
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Miss Fortune
Phillip Glass
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Are Years What?
Sonic Youth
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She Is Not Alone
Young Marble Giant
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Choci Loni
Arthur Russell
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Hiding Your Present From You
Liquid Liquid
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Locked Groove Out
Jah Wobble
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Long Long Way
Scientist
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The Voodoo Curse
Nurse With Wound
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Two Golden Microphones
Blue Gene Tyranny
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Next Time Might Be Your Time
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Some insight of the mix you recorded ?
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I decided to put big names in this one. Imagine if this mix would be a music event, i would be all over the place dying of excitement. But yeah all of those records are from my ‘easy access’ shelf, i can’t get bored of them and i think i’ll never.